WHAT DOES A $16 PICKUPS SOUND LIKE? - Modding my $180 Leo Jaymz Telecaster shaped object.

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[@wolfie_toonz5023]

Heyyyyy so it looks like Sonicake just released the A-Factory and B-Factory pedals (Acoustic, Bass) and they look really cool. I would love to see a review on these, love your channel btw

[@sillysausage4549]

This guy is the golden retriever of guitar guys. He just wants to be everyone's friend.

[@jeanlawson9133]

AIN'T IT JUST AIN'T IT 😎 I traveled my whole life in such a manner it's a sad life being a Golden retriever and being kicked around....But there's wisdom too be obtained from such a journey sure people take your food your food bowl your water and water bowl.....Tie cans stuff to your tail and rub your ass with a corn cob and wipe it with terepetine too run you off....😮 But like the Allman Brothers sang let your Soul shine its better than ☀️🌞 sunshine... better than moonshine and damn sure better than rain...

[@michaelstone3463]

Mr. Peanut Butter from "Bojack Horseman"!

[@Smelyn]

" He just wants to be everyone's friend." Cap last video i watcghed from him was when he was with the Epiphone Les Paul and yes I agree its a bad guitar but he said so much mean things at that point i took it personally as a epiphone les paul owner :(

[@johnnyboymcconnell43]

Every time Ryan asks "Is this a good episode?", the answer is always "YES".

[@Chucksguitargeekery]

Since you already removed the tone pot, look into a Spin-a-Split mod. It’s like a volume control on the second coil of the Humbucker so you can have a gradient of single to full Humbucker tones.

[@johanneschristopherstahle3395]

Depending on the pot your using it will act as a tone pot as well, because you will add resistance into the circuit.

[@Chucksguitargeekery]

@@johanneschristopherstahle3395 I always use no-load 500k pots, I haven’t noticed a different in full humbucker mode when the dial is on 10.

[@Topher_ofthe_North]

You should cut a piece of that pickguard material and screw it over the low spot on the headstock

[@SavageImprint]

Would look sick!

[@Stratisfied22]

That's a great idea.

[@1-eye-willy]

FUN TIP: if you buy a pickup thats not hot enough you can take the baseplate off and add or swap out the ceramic magnets on the bottom, and if its not potted already go ahead and dip that puppy in some hot paraffin wax,or epoxy resin if your a real mad lad

[@anthonystark5412]

I'm somewhat relieved that you said "FUN TIP" and not "PRO TIP". 😄

[@captainkirk70]

Totally agreed. Magnet swap can make a turd into a diamond.

[@keiranwynyard6347]

I definitely liked the sound @6:55 before the change... Sounds great for a $1000 guitar, let alone a sub $200. It was bright enough on the bridge, and lovely and dark when the neck pup came in... Great content, sir.

[@nym053]

I actually prefered the before-sound. Seems more spanky or what you would call it. But I don't know if it's just because he played it a bit differently. And actually when I heard that bridge, I felt that it was the ideal sound that I want. We all have our personal preferences of course 😄

[@Scoots_McGee]

The music for the sped up sections is so whimsical i love it

[@jermainelong1843]

It gave me 90s Japanese platform game vibes.

[@mjdbruyn]

What, no two Princetons? Unsubbed.

[@friedrudibega6384]

Well now I’m not even gonna watch.

[@dragan4658]

Take care

[@calebbhawkins]

Thanks for spoiling the whole video.

[@dragan4658]

@@calebbhawkins 🤣

[@_-_Michael_-_]

Dude literary plays more expensive rig than normaly and there is a riot in whole community 😂😂😂

[@szaki95]

The Neck pickup loads down the bridge in the middle position. If you have two pickups that are rougly equeal in volume, middle position will be more quiet.

[@DavidRavenMoon]

I bought this same pickup for about the same price about 10 years ago for a Tele style guitar I built. I’m a pickup maker and figured it was a cheap way to get the parts. I had every intention on rewinding the pickup. Put it in the guitar. It sounded fine. It’s been in there ever since!

[@norseman61]

I really like this Tele! The color is fantastic, and your pickguard idea is PERFECT. And I’ll be damned if that thing doesn’t sound great. Sometimes for no apparent reason, things just come together in a guitar. I think that happened here. Yes. Yes this IS a good video.

[@summersendband]

I did the same thing to my Harley Benton Tele. Ordered my dual rail pickup from AliExpress. Sounds nice.

[@waynebake1123]

The yacht club graphic should have a boat horn and segull sounds with it. :)

[@60CycleHumcast]

Yeah I’m still working on it. I was thinking about a captains whistle too. Go for maximum annoying.

[@gerardlabelle9626]

How about some bland, stereotypical Yacht Rock?

[@terryenglish7132]

​​@@gerardlabelle9626A "Sailing" sound alike would be perfect. Then have all the other noises over that.

[@terryenglish7132]

​​@@60CycleHumcastYeah ! But have the first 2 notes of Sailing looping underneath. Immediately recognizable, but too short for copyright infringement .

[@joshjordan]

Series vs parallel might make a good difference with those pickups

[@sidnargedbass]

I agree with @joshjordan here, adding a second pickup into the chain changes the load resistance based on how it's wired. Where they are so mismatched, you are "pulling back" toward the neck in the parallel calculation.

[@robertmcdowell6936]

This was great, thanks for the "shout out". I say you gave the guitar an identity and character. Visually stimulating and amazing what $16.00 pickup can do. Kill switch is good idea. Things like this is why I love your channel so much. Nice job Ryan!!🫡👍

[@norseman61]

You need fluorescent lime green behind the holographic plastic.

[@tomscioscia9869]

With the pickups in the middle position you're throwing two pickups in parallel and changing the total impedance, but you'll also find that you can change that combo sound by messing with the pickup heights. Lower the bass side of both pickups (it'll slant up towards the treble side) and you may find yourself some more twang in the middle, too.

[@peppergunso7849]

Not rly a pickup guy, but I put a clean hb on my bullet mustangs neck position and when I adjusted pickup heights by volume the middle was not there, like an exact copy of the neck. I went on some forums and found smth like what people here are saying here abt weaker pickups being favored. So I purposefully raised the bridge louder and it worked! Mismatched the volumes juuust until the middles tone was unique enough - and that each position jumps in vol/ gain more than normal is fun lol

[@jameslewis2635]

Sounds like the 1 Meg pot is what the bridge pickup really needed. It sounded so dull before and with the new pot it seems to have just come alive. I bet the original bridge pickup would have sounded better too. Such a shame about that clear spot under the scratch plate, that would really wind me up.

[@fenderbass0]

Parallel middle position will favor the weaker pickup. Maybe try raising the neck pickup for more volume. Also the volume pot should move the tone spot for volume swells.

[@SonicRave1]

I have 3 dual rail humbuckers in 2 of my strats that only cost me $30 and I get great sounds out of them!

[@jonthehermit8082]

Each? Or 30 for the three of them

[@SonicRave1]

@@jonthehermit8082 $30 for all 3 off Amazon. It was a loaded pickguard!

[@sidestyle05]

It wasn't the intention of this video, but I think it definitively settles the "cheap guitar/expensive amp vs expensive guitar/cheap amp" debate. Ryan found the literally cheapest guitar and cheapest pickups on the internet and got great tone through those amps.

[@jamasters62]

The new bridge pickup might now be out of phase with respect to the neck pickup if the middle switch position seems too weak. Try swapping the hot wire and gnd wire positions for the neck pickup, tune up and try middle position again.

[@terryenglish7132]

It doesn't sound OoP. Its just impedance mismatch

[@ellsworth1956]

I see that West Creek Racer peeking around in the background. I put a set of P90's in my racer. Love that guitar.

[@60CycleHumcast]

I have a pickup I’ll be putting in mine soon. It’s a weird one too.

[@Lucas-lh8kg]

Modding a cheap guitar in a fun way is where I feel like you really come alive the most

[@mikemattingly5825]

I just did this to my teleclone, and im so happy i did. I have similar results but balanced them a little better and reallt enjoying it.

[@jimhart1959]

I like the neck pickup after the new pot and new strings. It's a nice compliment to the new bridge pup

[@popsfereal]

I am not a pickup scientist, but I play one on the internet. A lot of times if you solder in a humbucker where a single coil was, and go to the middle position it will be out of phase. Sometimes it is very thin and nasally and almost unusable but sometimes you get lucky and you get a wicked good sound out of it.

[@willmarshall4685]

I’m a tinker and mod everything…watches, guitars, boots, guitar straps..you name it. My big problem with my mods is I never end up using anything I mod. I think it’s because I know all the flaws so I’ve made mistakes, it isn’t perfect and I can’t stop seeing it. But the process is so much fun. This was fun to watch. You have a great vibe that really cheers me up.

[@DMSProduktions]

Ry, a few points mate! That is a hot pick up for sure. Replacing that cheapo 250Kohm pot with a 1 Meg ohm pot DID make that neck pick up a bit brighter but it improved the ATTACK! IF you want to brighten it further, take OFF that metal shell! On cheap guitars those cover are usually made out of really cheap, pot metal & act like a filter! ALSO, Adjust the neck unit up a bit & the bridge down to balance the volumes! As to why the mix position was defaulting to the neck pick up more, was in parallel, you are basically getting a voltage DIVIDER, so the signal will be cut in half, making it cleaner but you WILL still get a bit more bass freqs come thru from the neck! The split worked well, just sounded a bit thinner, but there WASN'T a great volume drop between them! I'd say you GOT a bargain!

[@boriscat1999]

Playing cards would be pretty cool behind that clear pickguard too. I love it when there are opportunities for people to personalize and be creative with their instruments.

[@fatsuperfly]

Actually looks like a cool guitar! I don’t blame you for wanting it to modify, kinda a fun guitar to mess with. Also both plastics look cool, I think I’d go gold because the neck looks a lil darker yellow.😊 thought you where about to play some “social D” when you went into that bridge 😂 sounds pretty good for 16 bucks! Crazy!

[@Souldoubtrocks]

Dude I took a risk and bought the UK flag tele and was very pleasantly surprised. I swapped pups, tuners and nut and it screams. My primary tele now as opposed to my us made tele.

[@Snarkyone1965]

I'm still trying to understand why Ryan is changing the bridge pup when it's the neck pup he said he didn't like. I was saying if it's too dark, that's what the tone knob is for. Too dark? Turn it up. Too bright? Turn it down. What does Ryan do? Changes the bridge pup, and eliminates the tone knob. I also am under the belief, and please correct me if I'm wrong, that a 1 meg pot would be better served as the tone pot in order to give you a larger sweep of tone. I dunno, I was smoking a bowl while I'm watching this. I also think that the gold plastic would make the guitar pop more.

[@nicklancaster3190]

Have you tried raising the neck pickup and lowering the bridge pickup? That will help with the impedance (output) difference between the pickups. The neck pickup would get more higher frequencies and get a slight gain boost. Lowering the bridge pickup would cause you to lose some higher frequencies but help tame some of the almost too much gain and help them blend.

[@notgnar8506]

So much smoother than your usual installs, getting good at this!

[@redfurydubstep]

As someone who’s made my own killer pickguards a handful of times…I can confirm that’s one of the coolest custom pickguards I’ve ever seen!

[@stephenbennett5240]

That not only is a sick guitar, love the pickguard mod a lot. But I'm more surprised how good that $16 pickup sounded. Great video!

[@immy4104]

Pickups don't have to be expensive at all to be rad! Cheap pickups are best pickups.

[@stephenbennett5240]

@@immy4104 idk, I’ve never heard anything better than a burst bucket from Gibson

[@brundlefly1942]

At the end of the day all pick ups are just magnets and wires. The build quality is the more important part as badly wired and unpotted pups for example will rattle an feedback like hell and be microphonic etc. That's why a well made cheap one can sound as great as an expensive one but there might not be a consistency to it and the next one could be wound differently.

[@frankcarter6427]

the difference between expensive and cheap p/ups is pretty minimal, the BS around them is immense

[@frankcarter6427]

@@immy4104 absolutely agree - they're just magnets with wire wrapped around them, the BS is massive

[@ArthurPhipps]

Sounds very crisp with that new volume pot. Very nice and crisp.

[@moewhocooper]

Is the middle in parallel or series. Then you will know why it drops down

[@geo__metro1318]

The white paper underneath the pickguard would make the texture look way deeper. An idea for that empty hole left from the tone pot in put in a mini kill switch to use it up.

[@banjoUFO]

When you put two resistors with different values in parallel the total Resistance is less than the smallest value of the two (or however many of them you have in parallel). Formula: 1/R(total)=1/R1+1/R2+1/R3… etc

[@MadJackF1]

I saw you do some bass, as you did in the POD Express video. On the budget side of things I've used Guitar Madness with great results. I used the GM Alnico Standard Precision Bass pickup and Alnico Standard Jazz Bass pickups. I even put the Standard P in a friend's Peavey Fury with great results. I also have one of their ARTEC JB Twin Humbuckers to go in the bridge position of my Jazz Bass for a fatter bridge tone. They also have guitar pickups.

[@georgejohnson7591]

Nice work! I got a bag of 5 of those dual hot rails for under £22 a couple of years back, they work great. Although I have to file the curve of the rails flat as I use them in Ukulele builds.

[@RR-ho5ek]

The tone pot adds a small load , and cuts a small amount of the highs, by virtue of it being in the circuit, even when turned all the way up, but most people probably wouldn't be able to hear it. As for the pickups blending together, you are cutting resistance by sending the signal through two pickups in parallel, just as you would with a lower output pickup.

[@BobSperber]

I hope it was as much fun to make, as it was to watch. I’ve got a few higher-end guitars but cheep is a blast. Do a Teisco!

[@kerrymcauliffe9906]

I just have to say I absolutely love your attitude in videos like this. Pure, genuine interest in guitar gear and tone. Totally love it. I feel like I'd be interested if you were presenting quilting gear or early Hungarian cabinet making. Super funny and engaging. Great stuff!!

[@BoltRM]

The sound of the guitar was purrfect to begin with. That mod warp effect under the pick guard is groovy tho!

[@ethansmith691]

I actually love that neck pickup sound 😍

[@glengayle1466]

I’ve bought/played a bunch of the cheap single coil rail/blade pups for strat, tele and humbuckers from the big name sites (no free promos Amazon and eBay). They range from $10/$50, 7k to 15k and sound good, surprisingly when the coil is split. Then I found a DiMarzio Tone Zone single coil blade and it blew away the cheapies…defined, articulate and a flame thrower! You get what you pay for.

[@rowlandstraylight]

So pickup output is proportional inductance. Frequency response is proportional to 1/inductance. We use DC resistance as a proxy for this, as it's easily measured with 1950s equipment. You can get cheap meters that explicitly measure inductance and capacitance. Both combine additively in series and distribute in parallel. Suppose you have two 4H pickups, in series they will be 8H, and in parallel 2H. But what about one 4H pickup and one 8H pickup, they're 12H in series, and 1/(1/4 + 1/8) in parallel, so 8/3 or 2.6H whigh is still quieter and brighter than either pickup but much closer to the lower output pickup. Typical inductance values for pickups are as follows: strat singles/Tele neck: 3H, Tele bridge and vintage PAF: 4H, distortion class humbucker 7-10H

[@josephmcguiness6452]

I just had the shaft pull out of a pot on me too. That pot was shot after. Thanks for the links. I ordered some of those plastic sheets

[@nathanielfisher343]

The pick guard segment of the video was really cool! Seems like Ryan’s graphic design background added a lot of depth.

[@mikemarak2613]

Got to love the Duane Eddy, Rebel Rouser! I like how it turned out👍

[@RandyFricke]

I have a Cozart gold metal flake, a Glarry, and a LyxPro. I put on pickups, tuners, bone nuts, and the LyxPro got brass saddles. All under $200 and they play great. And I mean really good.

[@arroncusimano9169]

I did the pickup replacement on my squire affinity tele, started with a tele hot rail, didn't like it went with a similar cheap single coil upgrade, been happy ever since... also did the 4-way switch mod to that tele, its pretty much my fav guitar now, over much more expensive ones.

[@alexcorona]

I would recommend taking the cover off the neck pickup. It is hands down the best tele mod ever and it’s free. I’ve tried every tele pickup out there and every mod and that alone changed the tone more so than a pickup swap.

[@TravisBowlin]

I’ve bought like 30 of those pickups over the last few months.. they are awesome!

[@60CycleHumcast]

Why so many?

[@vinhrua1]

You can wire the single coil in reverse to solve the small volume in middle position. Put your hot wire to ground in the volume and your ground wire to the switch. Did it to my HSS guitar, it sounds very weak before in position 2 after a new humbucker was installed now it's normal again.

[@justarel]

I picked up a lake placid blue squire affinity and swapped out both bridge and neck pickups with guitar madness hot rails a couple years ago and love the way it sounds with them. Stock pups were really muddy sounding now I can get the same sound as olga from toy dolls, and joe strummer of the clash, nice and clean tones that can easily be dialed in to a nice bitey distortion if i want.

[@justarel]

Might note my setup consists of: guitar -> korg ax30g -> vox tonelab st -> circuit tweaked early 80's kustom lead III/vox ad50vt/or direct to a mixing console

[@sassycat]

Looks fun, sounds great. That's what budget guitars are for, modding and experimenting. 49/7 Henrys!

[@mjdbruyn]

That's not a legal Henry score and you know it!

[@sassycat]

@@mjdbruyn Thanks for catching that, I edited it so it should pass now. 😸😺🐱

[@CharlesWillisBonsai]

Damn, that looks pretty cool. I like the headstock shape. The sparkle pink finish is really cool too, especially with the clear pickguard.

[@onlyusernameleft2]

I like to find listings for guitars that are wrecked, or buy kit guitars or just really cheap no-name stuff and hot rod them

[@matt926uk1]

I'd say that's a big win and it was a lot of fun to watch.

[@RussInCanada]

My friend bought two Wilkinson tele bridge pickups, and a b + n humbucker for his 335. They were all about $30, and sound great.

[@robertdrisdelle]

Aliasing on my tv went bananas when you brought up that pick guard stuff

[@DarthEcoli]

My affordable Vintage Phase is Saphue and I like it a lot. The KMISE version is the same pedal and wonder if the same people made your hot rail. Sounds good though. Well done, Ryan

[@joermnyc]

Just picked up a Tone Bakery Jazzbird, basically a what-if Firebird-Jazzmaster mashup. Mahogany body, roasted maple neck, reverse headstock, 3 firebird pickups, strat wiring and bridge (there’s versions with the Jazzmaster bridge too, but I was going more for a Doheny before I found these. There’s also p-90 versions, Jazz-tele and single pickup models. It shipped from Anaheim, and I think they also make pedals.

[@kennethhoneycutt4513]

This is a great video I actually enjoyed it. I've watched a couple of your other ones but I got a real kick out of you doing this. Awesome work man Great job

[@skylerrizzi]

I have a similar pickup in my tele partscaster, for a high gain it sounds really good in series and out of phase with the neck pickup

[@davidneily3532]

I can vouch for Leo Jaymz as well. Mine is the same style, but my 2 color flake combo is purple and pink.

[@TheDrunkenScoundrel]

Yes, White. The gold would look AMAZING on a gloss-black guitar.

[@60CycleHumcast]

I agree

[@officialWWM]

I put one of those cheap pickups on a plastic, 3D printed guitar and it sounds awesome! I record with it all the time.

[@captainkirk70]

I've come to truly believe that the amp and especially speaker are the most important part of the sound. Really after experimenting with cheap vs expensive pickups. And a simple magnet swap can turn a turd into a great sounding pickup.

[@robertlathan4639]

THE LOVE BOAT will be the perfect song for the yaugt club!!! Love you all and have a blessed day!!!

[@Snarkyone1965]

I put Dragonfire stacked tele pups in one of my Tele's, and it growls. Love it.

[@y007p3]

Sounds great! I bought the same pickup recently I believe…so good news. Maybe I should go for a 1 Meg pot like you did.

[@Use-or-Lose]

With a guitar finish like that one, who needs bright pick-ups.😄

[@nym053]

I tried that before on a Donner bass a few years ago. I wanted to remove that annoying leftover plastic foil from the pickguard, so I had to take of the knobs. But one of the pot-shafts broke of just like yours did. Donner were so kind to send me a completely new bass free of charge without having to return the other one though 😊 Btw, I don't know if it's a difference in playing, but I definetly prefer the sound of the original pickups. The bridge (and middle) sounds more "spanky" to me. I almost only use the bridge on my very cheap and trusty HB TE-20 (a similar dark sound) anyways. But since I do like jazz, I don't mind the darker neck as an option on hand 😊

[@mikefromusa6902]

Loving the fretless bass synth dorkiness. Makes me giggle. Thanks Inspector Gadget.

[@jjcollins]

I think it turned out great! I love the look and it sounds fantastic! Definitely put a kill switch in that empty spot on the control plate.

[@guitarhackr]

That thing looks and sounds great! Nice video!

[@seanzinger]

I love that bridge pickup, and that new volume knob. 😮

[@manonbassguitar]

Raise the neck pickup and/or lower the bridge pickup until they sound closer in volume, it might help

[@Chris_the_Muso]

In the mid position the neck pickup is taking precedence because it has lower impedance.

[@johngarrett6472]

Check for the ground wire connection under the bridge. I did a tele kit build and swapped the pickups out for guitar fetish humbucker rails in both positions and the guitar fetish wiring harness with better electronics. So much easier. Guitar mods are so much fun

[@joermnyc]

Actually the metal plate under the bridge pickup is enough to ground the bridge since the metal screws make contact with it. (The ground wire on the pickup should connect to the plate.)

[@johngarrett6472]

You are correct! My bad

[@TheDrunkenScoundrel]

I wonder what it would look like with the 'grain' of the plastic stuff pointing up and down.... That was one of my favorite mod videos you've done.

[@paulfrombrooklyn5409]

Just a suggestion. Since you are going with only a volume knob, why not put it in the other hole. It will be farther away from the switch and you will have better access to it. You can change switch positions without the volume knob getting in your way.

[@JohnSmith-Dear-jr1hk]

Ive heard that some companies also. Blood and even stillborn leftovers in their nitro lacquer

[@TheElectricfishmusic]

That pickguard looks good!

[@anthonyptak8650]

The word he was looking for is lenticular.

[@chuckwagon7860]

Had a blast watching this!!! Blessings to you!

[@johnjoyce]

That really is a nice sounding guitar in the raw. Changing the electronics is all it needs.

[@TIMExBANDIT]

RYAN That guitar needs ZEBRA STRIPE PICKGUARD.

[@Taallyn]

I like that pickguard idea. A lot of potential with it.

[@ARWest-bp4yb]

Very cool project that turned great! 👍👍And love the Surfrajettes!❤

[@jonathancalhoun4853]

I’m guessing because of polarity/phase cancellation issues the middle position sounds weaker than it should.

[@arroncusimano9169]

Pulling off the knobs, tore out the pot spindle, same thing happened to me with my 2014 Epiphone Les Paul

[@hollywood4834]

I use an €8 Firebird pickup for an electric bouzouki and it’s one of my favourite pickups ever 🤷‍♂️

[@jezmez68]

LOVE Stringjoy Strings. They sound better than the Ernie Balls I used all my life.